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Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
(CrossMark, 2019)Summary Background Documentation of patterns and long-term trends in mortality in young people, which reflect huge changes in demographic and social determinants of adolescent health, enables identification of global ... -
The burden of unintentional drowning: global, regional and national estimates of mortality from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study
(BMJ, 2019)Background Drowning is a leading cause of injury-related mortality globally. Unintentional drowning (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 codes W65-74 and ICD9 E910) is one of the 30 mutually exclusive and ... -
Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search
(Oxford University Press, 2019)Document recommendation systems for locating relevant literature have mostly relied on methods developed a decade ago. This is largely due to the lack of a large offline gold-standard benchmark of relevant documents that ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with caesarean section in four Hard-to-Reach areas of Bangladesh: Findings from a cross- sectional survey
(PLOS ONE, 2019)Background Caesarean section (C-section) is a major obstetric life-saving intervention for the prevention of pregnancy and childbirth related complications. Globally C-section is increasing, as well as in Bangladesh. ... -
Are childbirth location and mode of delivery associated with favorable early breastfeeding practices in hard to reach areas of Bangladesh?
(PLOS ONE, 2020)Background Early initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth (EIBF) and no prelacteal feeding are WHO recommended practices for improving maternal and newborn health outcomes. Glob- ally, EIBF can avert around ... -
The Interaction of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resiliency on the Outcome of Depression Among Children and Youth, 8-17 year olds
(Author manuscript, 2020)Background—Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are common among children. Little is known on how resilience factors and positive childhood experiences (PCEs) may moderate the relationship between ACEs and childhood ... -
Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2018
(Nature human behaviour, 2021)Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF)—giving infants only breast-milk for the first 6 months of life—is a component of optimal breast- feeding practices effective in preventing child morbidity and mortality. EBF practices are ... -
Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems
(BMC Medicine, 2021)Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a public health priority in Latin America. While the burden of HIV is historically concentrated in urban areas and high-risk groups, subnational estimates that ... -
An Uninformed Decision-Making Process for Cesarean Section: A Qualitative Exploratory Study among the Slum Residents of Dhaka City, Bangladesh
(MPDI, 2021)The decision-making process and the information flow from physicians to patients regard- ing deliveries through cesarean section (C-section) has not been adequately explored in Bangladeshi context. Here, we aimed to ... -
Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018
(nature medicine, 2021)Anemia is a globally widespread condition in women and is associated with reduced economic productivity and increased mortality worldwide. Here we map annual 2000–2018 geospatial estimates of anemia prevalence in women ... -
Global, regional, and national burden of diseases and injuries for adults 70 years and older: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study
(BMJ, 2021)Objectives To use data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD 2019) to estimate mortality and disability trends for the population aged ≥70 and evaluate patterns in causes of ... -
Mapping age‐ and sex‐specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub‐Saharan Africa, 2000–2018
(BMC Medicine, 2022)Background: Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is still among the leading causes of disease burden and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the world is not on track to ... -
Bottleneck analysis of maternal and newborn health services in hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh using ‘TANAHASHI’ framework’: An explanatory mixed-method study
(PLOS ONE, 2022)Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) is of paramount importance in the realm of attaining sustainable development goals that also focuses on universal health coverage (UHC). The study aimed at identifying and exploring the ... -
Prevalence and correlates of knowledge and practices regarding infection prevention and control, and triage in primary healthcare settings: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh
(ELSEVIER, 2022)Background: Despite the high prevalence of healthcare-acquired infection in resource- limited settings, healthcare workers’ (HCWs’) knowledge and practices of infection pre- vention and control (IPC) and triage are not ... -
The overlapping burden of the three leading causes of disability and death in sub-Saharan African children
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Implementation barriers and facilitators to a COVID‐19 intervention in Bangladesh: The benefits of engaging the community for the delivery of the programme
(BMC Health Services Research, 2022)Background BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), the largest NGO globally, implemented a commu‐ nity-based comprehensive social behavior communication intervention to increase community resilience through prevention, ... -
Assessing performance of the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, overall and by select age groups, for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
(ELSEVIER, 2022)Background Health-care needs change throughout the life course. It is thus crucial to assess whether health systems provide access to quality health care for all ages. Drawing from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, ... -
Relationship of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use During Pregnancy with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability Among Offspring
(Journal of Women's Health, 2023)Objective: This study aimed to examine the association of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use by pregnant women during pregnancy with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) in ... -
The Pattern of Sexual Violence among Women and Children in the Hill Tracts of Bangladesh: An Unveiled Truth
(IJRPR, 2023)Introduction: Gender-based violence (GBV) has emerged as one of the most common and significant social problems worldwide including in Bangladesh. In recent times, incidents of sexual violence are on a rise in the ...